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Year Created: 1815
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This portrait of John Adams, painted by American artist Glibert Stuart, is an American classic. While Adams was president in 1798, the Massachusetts House of Representatives asked him to sit for a portrait to hang in the State House in Boston. Stuart delayed the completion of the painting for fifteen years, and members of the Adams family finally coaxed Stuart to finish the painting in 1815. The portrait became very popular with copiers and engravers.
Source: The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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